LSI sas hba firmware flashing.

[Ulises]

Hey guys, many years ago i remember having to update firmware on lsi cards for them to work on freenas and not throw an error.

So the last version of freenas i could use without having to flash any further was 9.10, which i have being sitting on since then.

Today i am checking out Freenas 11.u2 and the cards are not showing any issues with the old firmware... is flashing the cards a thing of the past with new versions of freenas? or do i still need to flash the cards?

I really hope this makes sense.

Cheers in advance.

 

[Fredda]

It would have been helpful if you would have posted your used card and the installed firmware.

I don't think it is a good idea to have a too old version installed.
If I recall correctly the warning about wrong firmware has been removed from the GUI as it confused more than it helped.
You can aways check with dmesg:

Code:

mpr0: <Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS3008> port 0xe000-0xe0ff mem 0xfba40000-0xfba4ffff,0xfba00000-0xfba3ffff irq 26 at device 0.0 on pci1
mpr0: Firmware: 16.00.00.00, Driver: 18.03.00.00-fbsd

 

[Ulises]

To be honest , i dont remember exactly what the cards were, they were proper lsi hba cards flashed to IT mode.
Does the code below tell you anything?

Code:

mps0: <Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2008> port 0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xfd5fc000-0xfd5fffff,0xfd580000-0xfd5bffff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
mps0: Firmware: 20.00.04.00, Driver: 21.02.00.00-fbsd

 

[Fredda]

Does the code below tell you anything?

Code:

mps0: <Avago Technologies (LSI) SAS2008> port 0x4000-0x40ff mem 0xfd5fc000-0xfd5fffff,0xfd580000-0xfd5bffff irq 18 at device 0.0 on pci3
mps0: Firmware: 20.00.04.00, Driver: 21.02.00.00-fbsd

It tells the firmware and driver version are not too far apart. You'll get more details with the sas2flash -list command.
Perhaps someone with more experience regarding this card can tell you if the firmware version is good or you need to update.

 

[Johnnie Black]

Firmware: 20.00.04.00,

It would be best updating to latest 20.00.07.00, there are some known issue with 20.00.04.00, though 20.00.00.00 is much worse.